Experts say the theft and publication of nude images of female celebrities is behavior typical of a "porn culture" in which women are disposable objects used temporarily, and often brutally, for physical pleasure.

When Theresa split from her partner of several years, they began the painful process of separating their lives, notifying friends as they divided the dishes and furniture. They confronted the dozens of Facebook vacation photos, the Instagrams of Sund...

If Anthony Weiner has taught us anything, it's that sometimes naughty pics just aren't worth it. Sexting and pornography can be a problem for parents with teens. For teenagers and preteens, sexting can have major consequences, the least of which bein...

According to the BBC, the filtering system promoted by Britain's prime minister to protect sensitive eyes from the horrors of Internet pornography is run by the controversial Chinese technology company Huawei in partnership with the UK telecoms provi...

All UK Internet providers will block online porn later this year, prime minister David Cameron said. And if you want to see smut, you're going to have to ask for it by the end of the year. Cameron also announced a ban on possessing online porn depict...

The first pornographic app recently appeared for Google Glass, but it will be a short-lived affair, as Google has changed its Glass Platform Developer Policies last week, prohibiting apps that contain sexually explicit content. The first paragraph of...

The European Parliament passed a proposal Tuesday which included a blanket ban on pornography, including Internet porn, in European Union member states. However, Members of European Parliament (MEPs) removed explanatory wording from the porn ban sect...

Technology has made things a whole lot easier for child predators and pornography sites. It turns out they're getting much of their material straight from kids' online accounts. A new study found that 88% of sexual or suggestive images -- taken and u...

It's now illegal to engage in "cybersex" in the Philippines. And that doesn't just mean sending your sweetheart some suggestive pictures. It outlaws cam models and uploading porn, too. As part of a sweeping, controversial new law called the Cybercrim...

A conservative member of the British Parliament has made a move to block all pornography from reaching Internet subscribers in the UK. The British government plans to meet with Internet service providers in the country next month to discuss the idea ...

Hollywood film studios and record labels aren't the only people filing lawsuits against illegal downloaders. As of a few weeks ago, porn producers banded together to file lawsuits of their own, but there's a unique spin: embarrassment. It's tough to ...

Sex.com is the most valuable domain name in the world (for obvious reasons). Right now it's up for sale, and one of the prospective buyers might surprise you: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). PETA published a letter requesting that...

2009 saw its share of stories about the Chinese government's attempt to "filter" the internet for its citizens, including blocking popular social sites, mandating blocking software on all PCs sold in the country, petitioning Google to remove content ...

For marketers, Twitter has been a dream come true. It's an open platform growing at a phenomenal rate. This combination can allow a single tweet to be seen by thousands of potential customers. But as Twitter continues its mainstream ascent, it has be...

Bill Tancer, general manager of global research at Hitwise, likes data, and his job gives him plenty of data to analyze. The result of his data crunching is a book called "Click: What Millions of People are Doing Online and Why It Matters," and in it...

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